A southern California start-up founded by Bill Gross (the founder of Idealab ) is the first company of its size to land a major solar deal in China.
Bill Gross’ eSolar recently announced that it had inked a deal with China Shandong Penglai Electric Power Equipment Manufacturing Co. to build...

Throughout the past quarter-century, inland lakes have been experiencing a small, steadily rising nighttime fever. Globally, the average increase has hovered around 0.045 degrees Celsius per year, but in some regions the increase has been more than twice that - or about 1 °C per decade. In some regions...

Fire ants are a royal pain (literally and figuratively). Chemical pesticides and many other brews have tried to wipe them out, unfortunately without success. They are now colonizing many other countries. But, what is the origin of these new invasions?
The aggressive, stinging fire ants ( Solenopsis...

This article is written by Edward Epstein , Office Managing Partner of Troutman Sanders' Shanghai Office. It appeared first in ACORE's Summer 2011 US-China Quarterly Market Review and is reprinted with ACORE's permission. To access the full Quarterly Market Review, click here and use this...

By Gregory C. Dorris, Partner, Pepper Hamilton LLP
Æsop Fables (Sixth century B.C.). The Harvard Classics 1909-14.
Moral of the Story "Kindness Effects More Than Severity"
THE WIND and the Sun were disputing which was the stronger. Suddenly they saw a traveller coming...

By E. Lynn Grayson , Partner, Jenner & Block
Last month, as many celebrated Rachel Carson's birthday, we remembered her environmental work and the landmark publication of her book, Silent Spring . In doing so, we should be reminded of how far environmental protection efforts have advanced...

As noted in prior posts, the understanding of human social and cultural development has changed radically over the last decade, if not last five years. For example, humans lived in huts (albeit temporarily) even before they were farmers. Thus, as frequently is the case, there is not a sudden change,...

By Richard J. Ferris, Jr.
China presents foreign manufacturers with many paradoxes.
The most modern of manufacturing operations can exist nearby the most backward. Thousands of quality assurance, hygiene, energy conservation and other regulatory standards are in place, but access to, enforcement...